her husband for anything, because her agreeing to the settlement shows that she had not pronounced three divorces. Nor is she excused if she pleads ignorance in this matter.

The second is a man who hears his wife pronounce three divorces and remains silent, then later wishes to challenge her decision, pleading ignorance.

The third is a woman who, when given the choice of divorce, chooses a single divorce, then later wishes to choose three, saying, “I did not know; I thought I could choose a single divorce.”

The fourth is a woman to whom her husband delegates the power of divorce or whom he gives the choice of divorce. She makes no decision before the sitting ends—according to Mālik’s earlier view—then wishes to decide afterwards, saying, “I did not know; I thought the matter remained in my hands whenever I wished.”

The fifth is a woman whose husband tells her, “If I am absent from you for more than a year, the decision is in your hands.” He then leaves and remains away long after the year has elapsed, without her declaring before witnesses that she retains her right. She then wishes to exercise her authority, saying, “I did not know; I thought the matter remained in my hands whenever I wished.”

The sixth is a slave woman who is emancipated while married to a slave. She allows him to have intercourse with her, then wishes to exercise her choice, claiming that she did not know she had that right.

The seventh is a man who places the decision concerning his wife in another person’s hands. The person entrusted with this authority makes no decision before her husband has intercourse with her, then wishes to decide, saying, “I did not know; I thought that this did not terminate my authority to decide the matter entrusted to me.” Success comes from Allah Most High.

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Mālik, may Allah have mercy on him, expressed differing views concerning things attached or connected to real property, such as fruit, crops, leases, slaves belonging to an orchard when sold together with it, a mill when sold together with the property, and water and salvaged building materials when sold separately from the property. On one occasion, he held that the right of pre-emption applied to all these because of their connection to real property subject to pre-emption. On another, he held that they were like movable goods separate from the land and therefore not subject to pre-emption. Success comes from Allah Most High, who has neither partner nor rival.